I am using below code for downloading PDF files.File is downloaded but doesn't contain any data.
var blob = new Blob([response], { type: "text/plain"}); var url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob); var link = document.createElement('a'); link.href = url; link.download = e.coAttachmentName; link.click(); Use FileSaver.js, get it from here https://github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js/
var filename = new Date(); var blob = new Blob([response], {type: "application/pdf;charset=utf-8"}); saveAs(blob, filename +".pdf"); saveAs will download a pdf file for you.
First of all your request response type has to be arraybuffer.
function openFile(response,fileName,saveFile){ var fileURL; var contentType = response.headers('Content-Type'); var blob = new $window.Blob([response.data], { type: contentType }); if(saveFile){ saveAs(blob, fileName); }else{ if($window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob){ $window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(blob , fileName); }else{ fileURL = URL.createObjectURL(blob); $window.open(fileURL, '_blank'); } } } $window is an AngularJS service - reference to browers window object.
$window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob - it's a method specific to IE browser that supports creating and downloading files insted of Blob URL which isn't supported by IE.
